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ceeded in reaching higher po-
sitions III journalism. Taere sre
over 100 correspondents IN Wash
ington who support themselves en-
tirely by this prof, ssion, ard there sre
probsoly IS many more who combine
newspaper work here with their official
duties, at toe Capitol, or in the Depart
ments. Washington ls rrohebly the best
city in the country in the winter SESSION
TOR news, and CORES pondent who can
not flad good fresh news, and plenty OF
good stories here to write about, is either
not s newspaper man, or ne IS fool, and
he cannot be both.
BE LEARNED TO SPEAK.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, NV 23.-Sacretary L.
mar, protesting that he could not learn
anything st school, implored his mother
to let him leave it. After many Iefussl5
the mother LETT the decision Of the quss-
ton To Miraoeau, between whom AMI the
lad the following conversation occurred
Cant learn Ls'in, eh?" "No, Sir"
/ "Nor GSeek?" "No, SIR" IN n mathe-
matics?" ono, sir {" "Is there debst-
inc sOciety in the SCHOOL," "Yes, sir"
owe !, can't you spesk-can't you talk
to the members?" The lad admitted that
when he got up in the society he could
talk very freely TO the bows. "Then, sir,
90 back to tnat school and leern how to
talk, and learn it well" That he did this
may well be believed, for there is 70 more
earnest enc forcrbIe speaker thGu Lucus
Quintus Curtius Lamar, either in Oratory
or !, gGl argument
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS.
Corresr on 'ecc9 of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, n V. % The Geological
Survey has been engaged for several years
IN the construction Of topographic mop
OF the United States. The scale CT the
map is approx mately one, two or four
nil, to the inco, according to the char
ecter and prospective needs Of the Coun-
lry. The msp IS constructed in contours,
with vertical intervals of ten, twenty,
fifty, 100 and 200 feet, varying p it'll the
scale of the msp and the magnitude of re-
liet features. The map is to be engraved
ia sheets, Of which the unit is TO be the
square degree, that is, one degree Of lsti-
tude snd one of Longitude. An srea of
81 sos square miles was surveyed in
1884 5, at IN average cost OF SO per mile.
NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 81 Pressure for
nati mai oaukrupt ia will be resumed as
soon as the FfGieth Congress meets The
demsnd, according to present india
tions, will come from the leading COM
mercial centers. Delegations from
commercial bodies are already being
selected and instructed to move to Wash
ton early in December or JaEuary, and
urge upon Congress the necessity for
prompt action in this mstter. This does
net imply any doubt "a TO the continuance
OF healthy activity in commerce. 1t means
simply that the importance of uniform
laws for the collection OF debts, and the
general treatment of irsolvent debtors is
becoming more Clearly apparent with the
progress of railroad construction and
sucn other Improvements as tend 20 anni-
hilate di.tsnce and bring the people of all
the states into closer relations. Few
questions have come before Congress on
which wider differences Of opinion have
been found to exist than on this. The
are against early agreement |
upon eny bankruptcy proposition.